Lian-Li's Adjustable Motorized Standing Desk Is Also a High-End PC Chassis (hothardware.com)

MojoKid quotes a report from HotHardware: It looks as though Lian-Li took the term desktop computer a bit too literally with its new DK-04 system, which is literally a desk that doubles as an enclosure for your PC components. The DK-04 has a clean, industrial design and even has an electrically actuated height adjustment system that than can raise the desktop from a height of 30.7 inches to 46 inches at the touch of a button. The desk itself is made out of aluminum, while the desk surface is made of tempered glass so that you can get work done on top of it and admire your PC components at the same time. Speaking of which, the DK-04 supports up to 10 HDD/SDD bays and both micro-ATX and ATX motherboards. And if you're thinking about throwing in some monster graphics cards into the mix, the DK-04 will support cards up to 320mm in length. Cool air is pulled in via four front-mounted 120mm fans and hot air is exhausted via another four 120mm fans that are mounted at the back of the desk. Liquid cooling is also supported.

Comments

Noise Level?

[crunchy_one]

With so many big fans, I'm wondering how loud this thing is. Could be it be like working over an old Hoover?

Re:Noise Level?

[C3lt]

Larger fans generally means a quieter system as they can spin at a lower speed to shift the same volume of air.

Re:Noise Level?

[U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M]

I HAVE THIS DESK AND IT'S REALLY NOT THAT LOUD!

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Re:Noise Level?

[OpenSourced]

Anyway, IMO, they have squandered an opportunity of using the whole table as a giant heatsink, and make the whole thing silent. I'm sure the fans will be relatively silent, but I'm also sure that the vibration will be noticeable.

the desk surface is made of tempered glass

[Anonymous Coward]

so that you can get work done on top of it and admire your PC dust at the same time

Hipsters

[110010001000]

One thing I have noticed is that hipsters love these standing desks. Probably because they can't sit down in their skinny jeans.

Re: Hipsters

[Thanshin]

it's harder to fall asleep standing up.

Being in my last work hour for the day, I can confidently say that what would be harder is the hit, after literally falling asleep standing up.

Lack of leg-room and ergonomics

[Misagon]

The problem with "PC Desk Cases" of this type with flat tops is that when sitting down there is very limited room for the knees.

The posture for sitting in front of a desk that is most often recommended for ergonomics experts has the desk surface quite low because the forearms are supposed to be horizontal when using the keyboard, so that your wrists could be straight.

It is also recommended that the top of the monitor screen is at the same height as your eyes. Most adjustable monitor stands would be in the highest position to reach that. A very large number of monitor stands are still too short and have to stand on something to reach that height.

I think that a better "PC Desk Case" design would instead be more like a classic desktop case on a regular desk. Or rather, a desk that incorporates a shelf for the monitor to stand on with the PC components in the base of that shelf. Unlike a PC on a desk, it could draw in air from the bottom which would give it better cooling.

Devils advocate

[fluffernutter]

I hope the components completely detach from the desk. If you cannot get into all sides it would be inconvenient to say the least. Also, I wonder how many people who can afford this are working on a PC for great lengths of time.

Re:Devils advocate

[fluffernutter]

The people who make money in this economy are the people who still meet face to face with people.

horizontal case?

[ooloorie]

I'm not sure I see the advantage of this over just putting a horizontal case (maybe even a 1U or 2U enclosure with a 90 degree connector for the graphics card) on top of a regular desk.